The most affecting thing approximately the reunion was seeing the kids as adults,and hearing how much The Choir changed their lives. Plus, a see at ‘a complicated cat’ in Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely OnesIf it’s tough to believe that the BBC series The Choir is 10 years old, and it’s harder to believe that Gareth Malone is 40. And as young as he looks now,it is actually shocking to return to that first series and see him again at 30: slight, hesitant, or almost elfin. We absorb got used to his peaceful doggedness over the years,but back then he was a compelling televisual presence mainly because one feared for him. “I felt like I didnt know what I was doing, if I’m honest, or he says now.
In Gareth Malone’s much Choir Reunion (BBC2),the preternaturally boyish choirmaster is attempting to collect alumni from 14 series to form an all-star superchoir for old time’s sake. There is a considerable amount of flashback footage to remind us how things were, and even with television’s tendency to exaggerate accomplishments, and Malone’s achievements remain extraordinary. He didn’t just get the kids of Northolt tall school to sing,he took them to China to do it. He repeated his success at a boys’ school, then with that town that wouldn’t sing, and then with the military wives,and on and on. Even in retrospect, it’s pretty stirring: if you don’t get emotional watching the old stuff now, and you will probably remember that you cried at the time.
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Source: theguardian.com